Mid-May 2015 in my Astros franchise. After starting the month 3-3(won 2 of 3 vs the Mariners, lost 2 of 3 vs the Red Sox), we've won 7 of 8. It started with a 4 game sweep of the Rays, who, at the time, had the best record in baseball. Won the first game 4-2. They scored the 2 runs in the bottom of the seventh, then we shut them out for the next 23 innings. Split a 2 game set at the Mets, now we've won the first 2 games at home against the Yankees, both in comeback fashion, though the starting pitching in the 2 games hasn't been good a all. We now have the best record in the AL. We're percentage points ahead of the Rays, who are 28-15. We are 27-14. Can't wait to see how the rest of the month plays out. Currently in the midst of 10 game homestand. After the Yankees, we play the 2nd place Rangers, then the Tigers. Then it's on the road against the the A's and the Angels.
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Re: MLB 14 The Show Franchise Progress
Mid-May 2015 in my Astros franchise. After starting the month 3-3(won 2 of 3 vs the Mariners, lost 2 of 3 vs the Red Sox), we've won 7 of 8. It started with a 4 game sweep of the Rays, who, at the time, had the best record in baseball. Won the first game 4-2. They scored the 2 runs in the bottom of the seventh, then we shut them out for the next 23 innings. Split a 2 game set at the Mets, now we've won the first 2 games at home against the Yankees, both in comeback fashion, though the starting pitching in the 2 games hasn't been good a all. We now have the best record in the AL. We're percentage points ahead of the Rays, who are 28-15. We are 27-14. Can't wait to see how the rest of the month plays out. Currently in the midst of 10 game homestand. After the Yankees, we play the 2nd place Rangers, then the Tigers. Then it's on the road against the the A's and the Angels. -
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Marlins April Report
NL East Standings
Marlins: 19-9
Braves: 16-12
Nats: 14-14
Mets: 13-15
Phillies: 12-16
So far the "new" offense has really helped the squad, though there have been signs near the end of April that the old habits are creeping back in. Hopefully, that was just the function of pitcher matchups (faced Ryu, Kershaw, and Darvish in the last four games of April, went 1-3) as well as the lingering effects of an early 20 games without a day off more than the bats crashing back to Earth.
Notable Player Performance
ML Level:
SP Henderson Alvarez (4-1, 2.15, 46 IP) - Alvarez has looked much better to start the year. His sinker/fastball combination has been fooling hitters and the curve is picking up strikeouts for him. That also brings up the concern - his K/9 rate is much higher than usual, so if/when that slows down, will Alvarez continue to do well?
RP Matt Reynolds (1-1, 1.72, 15 IP) - Matt continues to just get it done. Not highly regarded by any means, he continues to provide excellent support against both left- and right-handed hitters.
RF Giancarlo Stanton (.289/.358/.608, 9 HR, 22 RBI) - Stanton has cut down on the strikeout percentage and has looked better at the plate in general. The home run pace has cooled off some as expected. A .966 OPS would be plenty welcome to stay, though.
RP Joel Hanrahan (0-0, 10.45 ERA, 10 IP) - So far, Hanrahan has been a disappointment. The silver lining is that it's been only 10 innings, but he's still got work to do to prove he should stay in the back end of the bullpen.
Notable Injuries
C Rob Brantly fell victim to the injury bug as he will miss 2-3 more weeks. J.T. Realmuto was called up to fill the spot on the roster. Hector Sanchez will take over duties against both LHP and RHP in the meantime with Realmuto giving time off when needed.
Prospect OF Matt Baldwin will miss 2-3 more weeks as well with an MCL sprain. Fortunately, the injury wasn't as bad as it looked, and the time off shouldn't delay Baldwin's development too much.
C Tommy Cruz had his April cut short in the first few days of the AA season when he broke his leg on a collision at the plate. He'll be out up to 3 more months. Cruz looks to be the best bet behind the plate among the organization's prospects, so the hope is that the injury won't do too much damage.
Farm Notes
1B David Cooper (AA) looks as though he's itching for a promotion with his first month. He's hitting .431 with a .692 slugging percentage thus far. This outburst has been a surprise, and if it keeps up, he'll find himself facing AAA pitching before long.
SP Steven Wright (AA) looks like he's got nothing to prove in Jacksonville. He put up a 1.64 ERA to start the year. He'll be moved up to AAA to try to duplicate his success there.
SP Quinn Williams (AAA) had a slow start, though he's not a part of the rotation due to the backlog of arms at AAA. He might be heading down to AA soon just so he can get used to working in the rotation and for the team to get a look at what his funky skill set can produce.
1B Ramon Santos (AAA) isn't given much credit by most analysts. He's considered a low floor but low ceiling type of prospect who possesses developed and decently average skills. Ramon, however, is looking to prove the pundits wrong and is on his way to maybe doing just that with his .297/.319/.459 start to the season. He'll need more production like that, but if he keeps it going, he might be on the Marlins bench by the midway point of the season."Some people call it butterflies, but to him, it probably feels like pterodactyls in his stomach." --Plesac in MLB18Comment
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Tanaka was brilliant once again. Dickey wasn't too bad himself.
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Apr 6, 2014</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>New York (6-0)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Toronto (2-5)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Masahiro Tanaka (2-0) <b>L:</b> R.A. Dickey (0-2) <b>S:</b> David Robertson (3)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">NYY</td><td align="right" width="8%">TOR</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">1</td><td width="70%">Headley sac fly to left, Jeter scores</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">8</td><td width="70%">Jeter singled to center, Ichiro scores</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>B. Gardner, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.160</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>D. Jeter, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.400</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>J.Ellsbury. CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.360</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>M.Teixeira, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.291</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>C. Headley, 3B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.333</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>B. McCann, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.125</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>I. Suzuki, RF</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>M. Prado, DH</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.333</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>B. Ryan, 2B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.333</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.161</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>RBI:</b> Jeter, Headley<br /><b>HBP:</b> Ichiro<br /><b>SF:</b> Headley<br /><b>LOB:</b> McCann 3, Gardner 2, Ellsbury 2, Headley 2, Prado</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>Picked Off:</b> Headley (Loup)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>Assist:</b> Ryan 2, Jeter, Headley, McCann, Tanaka<br /><b>E:</b> Teixeira (fielding)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#043EA4" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Toronto Blue Jays</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>J. Reyes, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.312</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>M. Cabrera, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.222</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>E. Encarnacion, DH</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.241</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>J. Bautista, 1B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.214</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>C. Rasmus, CF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.160</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>N. Reimold, RF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>D. Navarro, C</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.315</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>B. Lawrie, 3B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.235</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>M. Izturis, 2B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.111</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">29</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.034</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>LOB:</b> Encarnacion 2, Bautista 2, Rasmus</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>SB:</b> Cabrera</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>Assist:</b> Izturis 3, Reyes 2, Bautista, Lawrie, Dickey<br /><b>E:</b> Bautista (fielding)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>M. Tanaka (W, 2-0)</td><td align="right">7.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.31</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>D. Betances (H, 4)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>D. Robertson (S, 3)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Tanaka (83-61), Betances (15-11), Robertson (16-11)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#043EA4" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Toronto Blue Jays</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>R.A. Dickey (L, 0-2)</td><td align="right">7.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.25</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>McGowan</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">10.12</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Loup</td><td align="right">1.1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">5.40</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Dickey (74-59), McGowan (24-16), Loup (15-12)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Loup (Ichiro)</td></tr></table></body></html>Comment
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Yankees fall to dominant Tillman, errors costly.
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Apr 7, 2014</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Baltimore (3-5)</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>New York (6-1)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Chris Tillman (1-1) <b>L:</b> Brandon McCarthy (1-1) <b>S:</b> Zach Britton (2)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">BAL</td><td align="right" width="8%">NYY</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BAL</td><td align="center" width="7%">1</td><td width="70%">Weeks tripled to right, scored on throwing error by Ichiro</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BAL</td><td align="center" width="7%">1</td><td width="70%">Davis homered to right, Jones scored</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">5</td><td width="70%">Ichiro singled to right, Headley scored.</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#F47D31" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Baltimore Orioles</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>J. Weeks, 2B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.160</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>N. Markakis, RF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.296</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>A. Jones, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.231</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>N. Cruz, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.273</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>C. Davis, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.179</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>S. Pearce, DH</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.407</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>M. Machado, 3B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.217</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>J. Hardy, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.179</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>M. Wieters, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.292</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">37</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">.189</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Davis (1)<br /><b>3B:</b> Weeks (1)<br /><b>HR:</b> Davis (3)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Davis 2 (5)<br /><b>LOB:</b> Jones 3, Cruz 3, Hardy 3, Wieters 2, Weeks, Pearce, Machado</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>Assist:</b> Hardy 5, Weeks 2, Wieters 2, Machado, Tillman<br /><b>DP:</b> Hardy-Weeks-Davis<br /><b>E:</b> Hardy (throwing)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>B. Gardner, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.138</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>B. Ryan, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.143</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>J.Ellsbury. CF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.321</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>M. Prado, 1B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.333</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>C. Headley, 3B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.286</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>C. Beltran, DH</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.467</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>I. Suzuki, RF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.077</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>B.McCann, C</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.111</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>S. Drew, 2B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.048</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">29</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">.069</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>RBI:</b> Ichiro (1)<br /><b>LOB:</b> Beltran, McCann<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Headley</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>Assist:</b> Ryan 3, Headley 3, Drew 2, McCann<br /><b>E:</b> Headley (throwing), Ichiro (throwing), McCann (throwing), Drew (throwing)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#F47D31" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Baltimore Orioles</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>C. Tillman (W, 1-1)</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.38</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Z. Britton (S, 2)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Tillman (78-54), Britton (13-8)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>B. McCarthy (L, 1-1)</td><td align="right">3.1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>S. Greene</td><td align="right">3.2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>C. Capuano</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">6.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> McCarthy (78-52), Greene (49-35), Capuano (25-20)</td></tr></table></body></html>Comment
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Just when I thought I was turning it around, I got swept by the Rays, and am now in second place in the AL East.
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NEW YORK -- The Yankees headed into the series up 1 game on the Toronto Blue Jays who are playing out of their minds at the moment. This series with the Rays had plenty of implications. The Rays are the second team in the wild card race and hope to make a last second push at the AL East crown. "Just because we're 9 back in the loss column, it doesn't mean we're going to give up. We're going to fight until the end, we want in the playoffs, Wild Card, AL East, it doesn't matter.", Maddon said to reporters during pre-game interviews.
The Yankees, who have won 8 out of their last 10, understood the importance of this series. "The Jays are hot, so we've gotta keep winning ballgames. If we do that, we wouldn't need to worry about the standings.", Gardner told reporters after Game 1 of the series.
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="475"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="5"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Series Recap: Tampa Bay Rays vs. New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="20%">DATE</td><td width="60%">OPPONENT</td><td align="right" width="20%">RESULT</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Jul 11</td><td>vs Tampa Bay Rays<td align="right">Lost, 5-4</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Jul 12</td><td>vs Tampa Bay Rays<td align="right">Lost, 9-5</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Jul 13</td><td>vs Tampa Bay Rays<td align="right">Lost, 7-6</td></tr></table></body></html>
Rays second baseman Aaron hill connects on one of the Rays big home runs in the series in Game 1.
Unfortunately, for the Yankees, they could not get the job done as they were swept by the Rays. The Rays did what the Yankees couldn't. Get timely hits. "It felt like the had big hits and home runs just about every game. They were all backbreakers because we struggled to score runs. When we did score runs, our bullpen couldn't get the job done. It was a bitter pill to swallow, but we're going to go into the break knowing that we have plenty of time to turn it around.", Girardi said to reporters hounding him with questions. "Look, I'm not concerned about my job status. I'm concerned about getting our team out of this tailspin. I've been through adversity in the past, and I expect the same great outcome this time around. Now if you don't have any questions regarding the series, this conference is over. Thank You." Girardi added, clearly in frustration.
Girardi's job status has come into question over the past 3 weeks due to the epic collapse of the team. However, GM Brian Cashman was not available for comment. It is widely believed that Girardi's job is safe for the remainder of the season.
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="425"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#0F4871" colspan="6"><span style="color:#FFF">MLB Standings - Updated: Jul 13, 2015</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">AL EAST</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Toronto</td><td align="right">60</td><td align="right">35</td><td align="right" class="active">0.0</td><td align="right">407</td><td align="right">390</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>NY Yankees</td><td align="right">59</td><td align="right">38</td><td align="right" class="active">2.0</td><td align="right">497</td><td align="right">346</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Tampa Bay</td><td align="right">52</td><td align="right">44</td><td align="right" class="active">8.5</td><td align="right">378</td><td align="right">370</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Boston</td><td align="right">46</td><td align="right">49</td><td align="right" class="active">14.0</td><td align="right">395</td><td align="right">402</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Baltimore</td><td align="right">38</td><td align="right">57</td><td align="right" class="active">22.0</td><td align="right">306</td><td align="right">426</td></tr></table></body></html>
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="425"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#0F4871" colspan="6"><span style="color:#FFF">MLB Standings - Updated: Jul 13, 2015</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">AL WILD CARD RACE</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Yankees</td><td align="right">59</td><td align="right">38</td><td align="right" class="active">+7.0</td><td align="right">497</td><td align="right">346</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Rays</td><td align="right">52</td><td align="right">44</td><td align="right" class="active">0.0</td><td align="right">378</td><td align="right">370</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Angels</td><td align="right">51</td><td align="right">44</td><td align="right" class="active">0.5</td><td align="right">412</td><td align="right">376</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Athletics</td><td align="right">49</td><td align="right">46</td><td align="right" class="active">2.5</td><td align="right">418</td><td align="right">400</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Red Sox </td><td align="right">46</td><td align="right">49</td><td align="right" class="active">5.5</td><td align="right">395</td><td align="right">402</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Royals</td><td align="right">46</td><td align="right">49</td><td align="right" class="active">5.5</td><td align="right">416</td><td align="right">417</td></tr></table></body></html>
With the loss of the series, the Yankees are now contending for a wild card spot. Manager Joe Girardi explicitly stated what he believes the Yankees are. "We're not a Wild Card team. As the defending World Series champs, it's almost pathetic to think that we'd settle for that. No offense to the other teams out there, but when you get that complacent, it's dangerous. Here in New York, the team, the organization, the fans, they wouldn't settle on getting in the playoffs through the back door. We're focusing on winning the AL East. That will be the first step. We're going to just take these next few days off and enjoy the All-star game."
The Yankees will have plenty of representatives at the AL All-Star game. SS Javier Baez, C Brian McCann, LF Brett Gardner, CF Jacoby Ellsbury, RF/DH Carlos Beltran, SP Max Scherzer, and CP David Robertson. In the first series after the All-Star break, the Yankees will head to Kansas City for a 3-game set.
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I finally made it to .500! It only took 104 games but I'm finally hitting my stride on offense and pitching is doing well enough.
2014 Pirates (52-52)
Wildcard race: Giants (59-47), Dodgers (54-52), Padres (53-51), Pirates (52-52)
I'm 7-2 after the AS break and I've absolutely been crushing the baseball. 59 runs in 9 games is 6.33 runs per game which is phenomenal.
My lineup:
LF Starling Marte: .262 - 8 HR - 50 RBI | He was around 280 then fell to 260. He's still solid and has 28 SB's
RF Gregory Polanco: .265 - 10 HR - 37 RBI | He's been heating up lately and his power has come around some
CF Andrew McCutchen: .259 - 13 HR - 62 RBI | RBI machine but the average can't quite break through .351 OBP
3B Pedro Alvarez: .287 - 24 HR - 85 RBI | MVP front runner and his BABIP is over .400. He is #1 in K's too lol
1B Ike Davis: .284 - 18 HR - 52 RBI | RBI numbers hurt because he hits behind Alvarez. Has been ON FIRE lately
C Jason Castro: .265 - 7 HR - 29 RBI | Not much HR power but he's been getting some 2B's and average has gone from .249-.265 post trade
SS Trevor Plouffe: .260 - 14 HR - 50 RBI | Hit HR in 1st AB in PIT but has been pretty average. Still an upgrade though
2B Neil Walker: .228 - 8 HR - 44 RBI | Great D and the offense can explode now and then. Worst BABIP on team
Rotation:
Gerrit Cole: 11-5 | 2.77 ERA - 147 K's - 1.13 WHIP (Has been mediocre lately. Needs to step it up big time)
Francisco Liriano: 7-9 | 4.71 ERA - 112 K's - 1.43 WHIP (Very hit or miss every time out)
Charlie Morton: 8-3 | 3.27 ERA - 99 K's - 1.40 WHIP (Biggest shocker of the staff. Been very good all year)
John Danks: 1-0 post trade with 2 starts (Hasn't pitched well for me but the offense bailed him out)
Edison Volquez: 6-5 | 3.60 ERA - 118 K's - 1.34 WHIP (He's been a very quality guy at the end of the rotation)
Bullpen:
Brandon Cumpton: 2-0 | 1.88 ERA - 19 K's - 1.26 WHIP (Been a great mid-reliever and can spot start | 28.2 IP)
Daniel Schlereth: 1-0 | 0.00 ERA in 4 IP with 1.25 WHIP (Nasty CB and can get out lefties. So far so good)
Mark Melancon: 1-4 | 4.38 ERA 1.38 WHIP (Lost closer spot but is starting to turn it around, ERA was near 6)
Ernesto Frieri: 3-5 | 5.29 ERA 1.64 WHIP (Demoted to AAA but recently called up and has been very sharp)
Jared Hughes: 1-1 | 3.80 ERA 1.47 WHIP (Has 3 saves but just isn't good enough to be "the guy")
Josh Kinney: 2-1 | 3.38 ERA 1.19 WHIP (Outside of one outing he's been dominant. Great breaking stuff)
Tony Watson: 4-2 | 3.44 ERA 1.15 WHIP (lefties hit .111 against him but he just isn't good enough to close)
We do a closer by committee and it's been ok. I'll take into account match ups and try to just win games.SOS Madden League (PS4) | League Archives
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Re: MLB 14 The Show Franchise Progress
2104 Mariners Franchise
Record: 28-17 3.0 games ahead of Oakland for 1st place.
Pitching
Felix Hernandez 5-2 3.10 ERA
Hisashi Iwakuma 1-5 4.49 ERA he's been bad for me.
Erasmo Ramirez 1-1 2.13 ERA he always gets no decisions
Taijuan Walker 3-2 2.44 ERA starting to hit his stride
Chris Young 6-1 1.79 ERA has been my best pitcher all season.
Carson Smith is 3-3 in saves
Dominic Leone has a 0.63 ERA by far my best out of the pen
Brandon Maurer had been my best long relief pitcher.
Tom Wilhelmsen 1.88 ERA
Best hitters
Robinson Cano .281 17 HRS 36 RBI just broke out of a huge slump weth him. He hit a homer in 5 straight games. Leads the Majors in HRS.
Corey Hart .310 14 HRS 31RBI
Kendrys Morales .276 12 HRS 37 RBI
Austin Jackson .318 6 HRS 17 RBI 11 SB
Kyle Seager .288 7 HRS 21 RBI
League Leaders in HRS
Robbie Cano 17
Corey Hart 14
David Ortiz 14
Chris Davis 13
Edwin Encarnacion 11
(5 others tied with 11)
Just started a 2 game series with the Rangers. I lost game one 4-2. Will play 2nd game on Monday.Last edited by ShowTyme15; 08-24-2014, 06:02 PM.Comment
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Re: MLB 14 The Show Franchise Progress
Pineda rolled. I also apparently skipped a game!
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Apr 8, 2014</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Baltimore (3-5)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>New York (7-1)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Michael Pineda (2-0) <b>L:</b> Wei-Yin Chen (1-1) <b>S:</b> David Robertson (5)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">BAL</td><td align="right" width="8%">NYY</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">1</td><td width="70%">Teixeira singled to right, Gardner scores.</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BAL</td><td align="center" width="7%">2</td><td width="70%">Pearce homered to left-center.</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Drew doubled to left, Beltran and Prado score.</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#F47D31" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Baltimore Orioles</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>J. Weeks, 2B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.176</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>N. Markakis, RF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.286</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>A. Jones, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.286</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>N. Cruz, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.233</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>C. Davis, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.189</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>S. Pearce, DH</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.353</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>M. Machado, 3B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.267</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>J. Hardy, SS</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.229</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>M. Wieters, C</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.267</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">.194</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Jones (3), Cruz (2), Weeks (1)<br /><b>HR:</b> Pearce (2)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Pearce (3)<br /><b>LOB:</b> Jones 4, Markakis 2, Cruz, Davis, Pearce, Machado, Hardy, Weiters</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>CS:</b> Markakis (1)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>Assist:</b> Weeks 6, Machado 3, Chen 2, Davis, Hardy<br /><b>DP:</b> Machado-Weeks-Davis, Hardy-Weeks-Davis</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>B. Gardner, LF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.125</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>D. Jeter, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.364</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>C. Headley, 3B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.240</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>M.Teixeira, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.333</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>B. McCann, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.147</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>C. Beltran, DH</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.400</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>I. Suzuki, CF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.100</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>M. Prado, RF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.419</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>S. Drew, 2B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.167</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">30</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.267</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Jeter 2 (4), Drew (1)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Teixeira (7), Drew 2 (3)<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Gardner, McCann<br /><b>LOB:</b> Headley 3, Gardner 2, Jeter 2, Ichiro 2, McCann, Beltran</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>Assist:</b> Headley 3, Jeter 2, Pineda 2, McCann, Drew</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#F47D31" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Baltimore Orioles</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>W. Chen (L, 1-1)</td><td align="right">6.1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.51</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>T. Hunter</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.93</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>E. Meek</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3.38</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Chen (60-38), Hunter (11-7), Meek (10-9)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>M. Pineda (W, 2-0)</td><td align="right">7.1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">1.84</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>I. Nova (H, 1)</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.86</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>R. Hill (H, 1)</td><td align="right">0.1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>D. Robertson (S, 5)</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Pineda (91-63), Nova (19-14), Hill (3-3), Robertson (3-3)</td></tr></table></body></html>Comment
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Re: MLB 14 The Show Franchise Progress
May 10th 2014
Update on the Philadelphia Phillies and Seattle Mariners Fantasy Draft Franchise. Our sliders are set and getting mixed results now. I'll take it one team at a time.
Philadelphia Phillies took their lumps first and are back in full swing now. Mike Trout has been on fire lately. We just completed a trade from the Phillies to Mariners. Mariners were sitting on Maikel Franco top Phillies prospect IRL. So they decided they could part with their top closer in AAA and Hernandez ( Fireballer w/B potential ) in exchange for Franco. With Zimmerman aging and Mike Olt playing ab 120 games a year this will give Maikel time to mature.
Martin Perez is on the bubble currently. He would pair well with another prospect to land Lester but the gm is undecided ATM so the trials of Perez continue.
Philidelphia Phillies 25-Man
SS Starlin Castro
2B Jose Altuve
Cf Mike Trout
Rf Yasiel Puig
3B Ryan Zimmerman
1B Jose Abreu
DH Justin Smoak
C Yasmani Grandal
LF Gregory Polanco
Bench : Oswaldo Arcia , Travis D'Arnaud, Mike Olt , Lombardozzi.
Rotation :
Starting Pitching :
#1Jordan Zimmerman
#2Jarred Cosart
#3Michael Pineda
#4Martin Perez
#5Michael Wacha
LRP a Fernandez
LRP
MRP Sergio Santos
MRP Yoervis Medina
MRp Neil Ramirez
MRP Justin Wilson
SU Antinio Bastardo
SU
CLJoakim Soria
On the Farm :
Jeff Locke sp for the thrill he's being punished for fixing games lol
Maikel Franco 3B jus traded from Mariners for 2 relievers. #1 Phillies prospect IRL.
The Seattle Mariners immersion is in full effectWe are plugging away with our franchise. We have had injuries , minor league call ups , trades , nail biters and blow outs. The GM has been working hard. We just took a smashing from Kc and held on the next night 2-1.
Bryce Harper sprained his ankle sliding into second at 50% health playing DH that day. He just plays so hardSo I send up Slade Heathcott to take the rotation spot in the OF.
In the Minors I had a Log Jam at 3B. Maikel Franco , Garrin Cechini , and Miguel Sano.+ Machado @ mlb. 1st base on the Mlb team is set for the fore see able future Viciedo/Singleton. Sano is 20 and as much as I want to bring him up he's gonna get 1 year of polish. Cechini is helping now. The Seattle Gm seen this opportunity to grab some young A or B potential closer and Hernandez a B potential reliever. The closer was the main get and Hernandez is a solid reliever. Something my pitching staff needs at times.
Needing some offense I sent down my lefty specialist as Rex Brothers was short on work anyway. Called up Garrin Cechini. I played a few games with my AAA squad and really liked him so while he was hitting 500 I called him up and plug him in at LF like IRL and 3B his more natural but IRL blocked position. He gives me a Lefty bat when I need to rest Machado at 3b. Keeping Machado fresh is very important. Cechini hit his first HR last night.
Jameson Tailion got the loss again last night. He's 50/50 ATM.
Seattle Mariners 25 man roster
Cf Starling Marte
3B Manny Machado
Rf Jay Bruce
DH Giancarlo Stanton
1B Jon Singleton
Lf Garrin Cechinni
2b Jedd Gyorko
C Wellington Castillo
SS Andrelton Simmons
Bench : Kolten Wong , Slade Heathcott , Josmil Pinto , Dayan Viciedo
DL : Bryce Harper 3-4 weeks
Starting Pitching:
#1 Andrew Cashner
#2 Jaime Garcia
#3 Taijuan Walker
#4 Felix Doubront
#5 James Tailion
#6 LR Danny Hultzen 22ip
LR Carlos Martinez
LR Carlos Carrasco
MRP Carter Capps
MRP Lee Stoppelman Lefty Specialist * sent to AAA
Su Kelvin Herrera
Su Rex Brothers
CL Francisco Rodriguez
On the Farm :
Miguel Sano 1B/3B , Jp Crawford SS , Gabriel Noriega 2B , Delino Deshields Jr, Mark Appel.
Also on the Farm looking to deal Kyle Zimmer. IRL he's hurt. I would take a B potential that's real. Maybe a swap for Max Fried would be even.
The 1st base Platoon is looking like a down ward slope ATM. Will update later.
What do you all think ??I play MLB exclusively with my cousin. Usually looking for info on Franchises. We played minor league baseball as 9-10 YOs on the Zephyrs.Comment
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Re: MLB 14 The Show Franchise Progress
It looks like you have an absolutely stacked Mariners squad right there. Both teams have sick lineups. The Phillies pitching staff is pretty average.
Looks like all young studs on both teams.SOS Madden League (PS4) | League Archives
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Re: MLB 14 The Show Franchise Progress
My lineup is a little swing and miss at times but it's imperative I stick to that plan as that's how they are most effective. Jon singleton and Viciedo get some good opportunities sometimes after walks and havnt been very consistent. Next year singleton will prolly have the full go unless Viciedo makes a case for himself.
Kelvin Herrera has 4 wins in relief.I play MLB exclusively with my cousin. Usually looking for info on Franchises. We played minor league baseball as 9-10 YOs on the Zephyrs.Comment
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Out of Context: Due to the realism playing a part of my franchise, I've traded Avisail Garcia back to the White Sox. Though he had really low value at the time I think trading the entire Yankees farm and then some for Villanueva and Baez was fair enough.Last edited by DJeterFan2; 08-26-2014, 09:00 PM.Comment
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May 13th Franchise Fantasy Draft. Seattle Mariners and Philidelphia Phillies. Playing every game. I'll take Seattle first this time.
Seattle just got thru a tough series with the Kc Royals.
-The 1st game Kc smashed us. 7-2. I believe is was Taillon :/
-2nd game we were losing 1-0 all game and they left there starter in the game until the 7th but not before I got a bloop and a blast from Machado 2-1 good guys. Bullpen went to work and K-Rod shut the door.
-3rd game was a tight one too. I was pretty much in control the whole time 3-2 and then tacked on 2 runs late.
-4th and final game. My line up was a little tired so it was sort of mish-mash line up. I played Cechinni in LF for the first time and he started the game 0-2. With good abs tho. He ended the game with a walk and a solo homerun to right ! (2). He made a big difference in game and I was glad I played him. Singleton got player of the game with clutch hits. Line up worked good. Brought Slade Heathcott in as a defensive sub for Stanton after he ended the 6th inning. Made a good jump on the ball the next inning for an out
Their line up was something to this affect :
Alexi Ramirez SS
Marco Scutaro DH ON FIRE!
Dustin Pedroia 2B
Yeonis Cespedes LF
Torri Hunter Rf
Brandon Belt1B
Eric Chavez 3B
???
Geocany Soto C
Played 1 game of the next series against the Tampa Bay Rays. Felix Doubront wasn't 100% so I gave the start to Danny Hultzen. He was wild as can be. I was down 2-0 in the 2nd and barely hanging on. I believe they had a reliever on the mound B. Workman ? 6th inning I'm losing 2-0 when Slade Heathcott who got the start in Center for a tiring Marte, turned on an inside fastball 2-1. I had Diubront warming up in the 5th. In the 7th inning I brought him in. In the 8th Andrelton Simmons hits a 1out triple and a close play off the throw from Matt kemp to slide in barely ahead of the tag. Slade Heathcott comes up and hits the Sac fly. 2-2. Doubront still pitching in the 9th strong. I get 1st and 3rd 1 out with Jon singleton at the plate. Looking for something up in the zone I get it and with normal timing whiff. I'm like wht you doin man you played so good the night before. Next pitch he smacks a single up the middle. If you havnt seen his swing on the Show try it. Beautiful thing.
Philadelphia Phillies had a loss to the mets where hits couldn't find holes. Next game shut them out 5-0. Sent A. Fernandez down to AAA and called up J. Locke. Excited for him to get some PT. He was locked in a tight one against the Angels when I left. 2-2 and he was held to 1 hit for 4 innings a solo shot from Trout. Right after the homerun leader board flashed.
I'll update the other teams lineups when I get back. The angels were stacked. Javier Baez DH 7hrs Tampa Bay had Francisco Lindor as a late defensive sub.Last edited by 3fiddy; 08-27-2014, 10:12 AM.I play MLB exclusively with my cousin. Usually looking for info on Franchises. We played minor league baseball as 9-10 YOs on the Zephyrs.Comment
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I swear my pitchers must be doing MMA fighting on the side or something. Just lost Lance Lynn for several weeks due to shoulder strain.
We continue to have one injury after another to our pitching staff.I can't shave with my eyes closed, meaning each day I have to look at myself in the mirror and respect who I see.
I miss the old days of Operation Sports :(
Louisville Cardinals/St.Louis CardinalsComment
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Mariners 2014
Currently marred in a 4 game losing streak. Lost both games of a 2 game set to the Rangers. Lost the first 2 of 4 to the Astros. I'll continue later today. Have a job interview so we'll see how it goes.Comment
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